Rockies โคName Paul DePodesta President of Baseball Operations
DENVER, CO – Novemberโฃ 2, 2023 โค- The Colorado Rockies today announced โthe hiring of paul depodesta โฃas thier new President โฃof baseball Operations. The move comes after โa secretive search to find aโฃ leader to โฃmodernize the franchise following seven consecutive losing seasons, culminating in a franchise-worst 43-119 record in 2023.
Rockies owner andโฃ CEO Dick Monfort stated, โข”Today is an exciting day for the โRockiesโ organization asโ we โคwelcome Paul as our new โpresident of baseball operations. โขPaul wasโค the very first person we interviewed,andโข throughout our conversations โwith him Walker andโค I were both intrigued byโค his understanding of โthe game,his positiveโค attitude,hisโ process-based โขmindset and his influence on the game.โข this is a specialโ guy with great vision and โคa great plan.He is a winner and he is going โto win in Colorado.”
DePodesta emerged as โฃa surprise candidateโ onโข thursday afternoon, with his name not previously linked to the search. Other finalists for โขthe position were reportedly Amiel โSawdaye of the Arizona Diamondbacks and โคMatt Forman of theโข Cleveland Guardians. โคAccording to reports, one candidate turned โขdown an offerโข while the other withdrew theirโฃ candidacy. James Click โof the Toronto blue Jays and Scott Sharp of the Kansas City Royals were alsoโฃ considered during the โsearch process.
Team executive โvice president โWalker Monfort added, “hiring Paul is an essential first step to โthe evolutionโฃ of our baseball department and we’re confident that he will not only maximize our current personnel but will โalso bring in โadditional โleaders โfrom outside the โคorganization to help โlead โus forward.”
DePodesta is expected to lead the searchโข for aโค new general manager and additional front office staff,โข bringingโ in personnel โขfrom outside the โฃcurrent organization. He will attend the โขgeneralโ manager meetingsโ in Las Vegas next weekโ and will beโ formally introduced at Coors Field next Thursday.